" On a scouting excursion by horseback, the feral boy Birn saw of line of torches in the darkness - legions of apes in battle gear approaching." Manipulative, slippery and full of cunning, Brigid pleads for help from an admiring Spade:Do they have to know about me, I mean - can""t you shield me so that I won""t have to answer their questions.I have a speech here.It""s a speech about what this state needs.There""s no need in my telling you what this state needs.You are the state and you know what you need.You over there, look at your pants.Have they got holes in the knees? Listen to your stomach.Did you ever hear it rumble for hunger? And you, what about your crops? Did they ever rot in the field because the road was so bad you couldn""t get ""em to market? And you, what about your kids? Are they growing up ignorant as dirt, ignorant as you ""cause there""s no school for ""em? No, I""m not gonna read you any speech.The steam locomotive always provided a point of reference from different filming perspectives.The first cowboy star, Gilbert M.""Broncho Billy"" Anderson played several roles: a bandit, a passenger who was shot in the back, and a tenderfoot dancer.The trip is disguised as a hunting expedition.One of Holt""s other wishes is that he can win back his long-lost love Jane Parker (Maureen O""Sullivan) and convince her to return to London with him.